Sheila, I just got back from vaca and saw this on Bonnie's blog. Saved it and will look at it tomorrow. Haven't followed her L&Es before. Will watch. gonna take a while before I'm "back in the saddle".

Sharon, welcome back, missed you. Like Sharon I've never followed ,or ever heard of it for that matter of Bonnie's L-E. Will have to go check it out. I've already started sewing a bunch of 2 1/2 sqs together. Thanks, Sheila for bringing this to our attention.

Welcome Back Sharon! Agnes, you already have a great plan going. This nice thing about this, is it is not hurry up and go type of thing. Dorian, cut the size block you decide to make, and put them in a small box. Keep it beside your sewing machine. We have all year to work as we go.

Just like Bonita has all those 2 1/2 squares already put together. Just keep a pile of light/dark 2 1/2 squares by your machine and at the end of what you are sewing on, instead of running a scrap through, or just cutting off the thread, run a pair of squares through. Looking forward to see how our piles of 4 patches and 1/2 square triangles grow.

I've printed all of Bonnie's instructions...Now I have to read them and I have to get all of my scraps cut and organized and THEN I have to remember to use all these little scraps as I am piecing the quilts I want to make. I have been running out of room for all my scraps. Hoping I can get organized. Just thinking of all the various fabrics I have pieces of, I can only imagine what a pretty scrap quilt (Leaders and Enders) I could have. Better than sending and giving all of my scraps away.

Here are the 5" and 2 1/2" squares I have to start with. My problem is deciding whether to make all my lights the same or try to get scrappy with those too. Usually when I do scrappy quilts i make all the lights the same so not sure. Depends on how many I already have cut I guess.

My box of scraps. I am going with the smaller size. I hemmed and hawed as I have both 2" and 2.5" squares, but it seems I had more 4" squares that were a mix of light and dark, then 5".

Since I started going thru my scraps again, it has made me want to work with them more! As soon as I'm done quilting my top, I am going to dive into these scraps, plus other ones. This one will be my leader/ender, but I'll be working on another scrappy quilt top, YAH!

I've been doing a lot of sewing lately and the 4 patches have grown a bit. This is the first 16 inch block. Just reached in the bag and drew out the next piece, just trying not to put the same fabric next to each other. Not sure how I feel about the brighter yellow. But it's staying.

Bonita, Love you block! That yellow will work in with all the other blocks!. Dorian, love your box of scraps. I am going to start organizing mine this weekend. I am going to go with the 2.5 inch strips I think. Loving these!

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